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(No Model.) A O. M. MOGOWEN.

WASH BOILER.

No. 442,533. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

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NITED STATES ATENT nron.

CHARLES M. MCGOIVEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOHN B. MARTIN, OF SAME PLACE.

WASH-BOILER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,533, datedDecember 9, 1890.

Application filed July 18, 1890.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. MoGowEN, of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 5 inSteam-\Vashers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a novel and simplifiedconstruction in steamwashers; and it consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, anddesignated in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of myinvention, taken on the line 00 a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly broken away, and Fig. 4is a vertical 2o longitudinal section of a modification of my inventionpartly broken away.

The object of my invention is to producea clothes-washer that willdirect the water contained therein through the clothes from the bottomthereof, obtaining from the water in this state the most effectivewashing qualities.

Referring to the drawings,1 represents a boiler of cylindricalform,having an annular flange 2 formed around the same at a suitable 3odistance from the top thereof, and which forms a seat or resting-placefor the removable combined cover and overflow, as hereinafter described.

The boiler 1 is provided with an opening 3, extending from the annularflange 2 to the top thereof, and which leads to a taperingtube 4,fastened to the said boiler, by means of which the water is carried backinto the lower portion of the boiler, from whence it came, to 40 beagain washed through the clothes. The larger port-ion of the tube islocated on the outside of the boiler and in cont-act with the opening 3,the said tube leading downward and bent at 5 and passing through anopening 6, formed in the lower portion of the boiler, or near the bottomthereof. The projecting'end 7 of the tube extends some distance withinthe boiler, and is provided with an in clined face 8, which forms aresting-place or seatfor the valve 9. To the projecting end Serial No.359,166. (No model.)

of the tube 4 is hinged a valve 9, and which rests upon the inclinedportion or face 8 by gravity, allowing the water, after being forced andpreventing the same from being forced up through the said tube.

10 represents lugs fastened to the interior cylindrical surface of theboiler and at a suitable distance from the bottom thereof, and uponwhich lugs a removable perforated plate or wire-netting 11 rests forsupporting the same, and upon which the clothes rest when placed in theboiler.

, The combined cover and overflow 12 is provided with an opening 13 atits center, and around said opening is formed an annular flange 14,which prevents the water from returning after being forced through thesaid opening.

In the modification shown in Fig, at a wire ring 15 is substituted inplace of the annular flange 2 and provides a seatfor the combined coverand overflow 12; also a ring 16 is fastened to the boiler and issubstituted in place of the lugs 10, and which acts as a seat for theperforated plate or wire-netting 11.

Any quantity of water is first placed in the boiler and the clothesplaced in the same upon the perforated plate 11, and the combined coverand overflow 12 placed in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

\Vhen the boiler is placed upon the stove and properly filled with waterand clothes, the said water, when in a boiling condition, will be forceddirect through the clothes, as shown by the arrows, and passes throughthe opening formed in the combined cover and overflow, and from thenceit flows to the tube 4, which tube directs the said water back into theboiler below the clothes. The valve located at the extreme lower end ofthe tube prevents the water from rising through the same, and by sodoing the said water will be forced through the clothes in ahighly-heated state.

I am aware that prior to my invention side tubes, perforated bottoms,and valves have been used, and the water forced first through the tubesand from the said tubes is directed upon the clothes in the boiler, anddo not therefore claim, broadly, these elements.

through the clothes, to pass again in theboiler,

In a large boiler two passages such as described may be attached to theboiler, and which will operate in the manner as heretofore stated.

llaving fully described my invention, what I claim isl 1. An improvedsteam-washer consisting of a chamber, a perforated plate or wire-nettinglocated therein, a combined coveran d overflow cated therein and restingupon the lugs 10, the combined cover and overflow 12, resting, upon thesaid annular flange and provided with the opening 13, the tube 4,connected with an opening 3 in the boiler, the lower portion of the saidtube being bent and passed through an opening formed in the said boilerbelow the plate 11 and being formed into an inclined valve-seat, and thevalve 9, resting on said inclined valve-seat and adapted toautomatically admit water from the tube to the boiler and to prevent itsflowingin the opposite direction, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. MGGOVEN.

lVitnesses:

C. F. KELLER, Mo. 0. HIGDON.

